Formula One World Drivers' Champions - Alain Prost, Niki Lauda, Michael Schumacher, Mika Hakkinen, Juan Manuel Fangio, Jacques Villeneuve (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 134. Chapters: Alain Prost, Niki Lauda, Michael Schumacher, Mika Hakkinen, Juan Manuel Fangio, Jacques Villeneuve, Jochen Rindt, Jack Brabham, Ayrton Senna, Damon Hill, Mike Hawthorn, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen, Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso, Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Sebastian Vettel, Emerson Fittipaldi, Graham Hill, John Surtees, Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark, Alan Jones, Nelson Piquet, James Hunt, Keke Rosberg, Denny Hulme, Jody Scheckter, Phil Hill, Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe Farina. Excerpt: Michael Schumacher (German pronunciation: born 3 January 1969) is a German Formula One racing driver for the Mercedes GP team. Famous for his eleven-year spell with Ferrari, Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion and is widely regarded as one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time. He holds many of the formula's driver records, including most championships, race victories, fastest laps, pole positions, points scored and most races won in a single season - 13 in 2004. In 2002 he became the only driver in Formula One history to finish in the top three in every race of a season and then also broke the record for most consecutive podium finishes. After beginning with karting, Schumacher won German drivers' championships in Formula Konig and Formula Three before joining Mercedes in the World Sportscar Championship. After one Mercedes-funded race for the Jordan Formula One team Schumacher signed as a driver for the Benetton Formula One team in 1991. After winning consecutive championships with Benetton in 1994/5, Schumacher moved to Ferrari in 1996 and won another five consecutive drivers' titles with them from 2000-2004. Schumacher retired from Formula One driving in 2006 staying with Ferrari as an advisor. Schumacher agreed to return for Ferrari part-way through 2009, as cover for the badly-injured Felipe Massa, but was prevented by...